07-19-2019, 05:09 PMsköldpaddor Wrote: opposing GMs collaborating to subliminally force a player with 395 TPE to become a sexist asshat (initiated in discord servers they probably aren't even in?) so they can then crowdsource bullying him off the site is probably the wildest conspiracy theory i've heard since the last time i rewatched the X-Files.

While none of it would or should be characterized as tampering at all, I think the case would be more fairly represented as GMs taking advantage of an existing situation, helping to exacerbate it and keeping the fires of outrage stoked long after they would have died out. To be fair, Penknight himself definitely did his part in keeping it all alive as well. It doesn’t have to be some Kennedy-esque grassy knoll conspiracy, just shit stirring, muck raking, shame spreading, feigned moral outrage and bad decisions on every side.